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Volume 14, Number 7
April 11, 2014
NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
The Train is Arriving...See You There Tomorrow!
CURRENT EVENTS
Spotted Wing Drosophila Workshop: A workshop to prepare Oklahoma stakeholders for spotted
wing drosophila and to organize a state wide monitoring program is slated May 1 at the Oklahoma
County OSU Cooperative Extension office, and May 2 at the Tulsa County OSU Extension office.
Both workshops will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is intended to educate
fruit growers and Extension Educators about the threat of spotted wing drosophila to the
Oklahoma grape and berry industries.
Environmental Law Enforcement Training: OCES, along with the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are joining forces to host
Environmental Law Enforcement Trainings around the state. The next training is slated April 25
from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will take place at the courthouse in Pryor. Michael Freeman, senior
criminal investigator with the ODEQ, will speak about agency jurisdictions and environmental
crime statutes, and give an overview of illegal dumping and environmental crime awareness. Lynn
Malley, OCES assistant state specialist, solid waste management programs, will present about
Extension and the roles that citizens can take in helping to control illegal dumping. The training is
free and lunch is $10 if registered by April 21. Registration may be done online on the OSU Solid
Waste Management Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OkstateSolidWasteManagement
or the website at www.agecon.okstate.edu/waste. For additional information please contact Malley
at lynn.malley@okstate.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pomp and Circumstance: Members of Class XVI of the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership
Program graduated April 5. Since August 2012, they have traveled all over Oklahoma, spent two
days in Kansas, two days in Pennsylvania, one week in Washington, D.C., and nearly two weeks
in South Africa learning about leadership, economics, marketing, perspective, tolerance, and
people. They also have performed community service in the various places they have visited and
made a difference in the lives of others. They are great advocates for agriculture! Applications for
OALP’s Class XVII are available online at http://oalp.okstate.edu. The deadline for submitting an
application and letters of reference is May 1. For more information about the OALP, please
contact Edmond Bonjour at 405-744-8134 or edmond.bonjour@okstate.edu.
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Volume 14, Number 7
April 11, 2014
NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
The Train is Arriving...See You There Tomorrow!
CURRENT EVENTS
Spotted Wing Drosophila Workshop: A workshop to prepare Oklahoma stakeholders for spotted
wing drosophila and to organize a state wide monitoring program is slated May 1 at the Oklahoma
County OSU Cooperative Extension office, and May 2 at the Tulsa County OSU Extension office.
Both workshops will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is intended to educate
fruit growers and Extension Educators about the threat of spotted wing drosophila to the
Oklahoma grape and berry industries.
Environmental Law Enforcement Training: OCES, along with the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are joining forces to host
Environmental Law Enforcement Trainings around the state. The next training is slated April 25
from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will take place at the courthouse in Pryor. Michael Freeman, senior
criminal investigator with the ODEQ, will speak about agency jurisdictions and environmental
crime statutes, and give an overview of illegal dumping and environmental crime awareness. Lynn
Malley, OCES assistant state specialist, solid waste management programs, will present about
Extension and the roles that citizens can take in helping to control illegal dumping. The training is
free and lunch is $10 if registered by April 21. Registration may be done online on the OSU Solid
Waste Management Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OkstateSolidWasteManagement
or the website at www.agecon.okstate.edu/waste. For additional information please contact Malley
at lynn.malley@okstate.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pomp and Circumstance: Members of Class XVI of the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership
Program graduated April 5. Since August 2012, they have traveled all over Oklahoma, spent two
days in Kansas, two days in Pennsylvania, one week in Washington, D.C., and nearly two weeks
in South Africa learning about leadership, economics, marketing, perspective, tolerance, and
people. They also have performed community service in the various places they have visited and
made a difference in the lives of others. They are great advocates for agriculture! Applications for
OALP’s Class XVII are available online at http://oalp.okstate.edu. The deadline for submitting an
application and letters of reference is May 1. For more information about the OALP, please
contact Edmond Bonjour at 405-744-8134 or edmond.bonjour@okstate.edu.
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